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Evaluation of Norweegian Refugee Councils Distribution and Food Security Programmes - Southern Angola 1997-2007 T R O P E R E T E L P M O C NORWEGIAN REFUGEE COUNCIL EVALUATION REPORT EVALUATION OF NORWEEGIAN REFUGEE COUNCILS DISTRIBUTION AND FOOD SECURITY PROGRAMMES - SOUTHERN ANGOLA 1997-2007 DISTRIBUTION AND FOOD SECURITY PROGRAMME IN ANGOLA BY CHRISTIAN LARSSEN JUNE 2008 Evaluation of Norwegian Refugee Council Distribution Programmes – Southern Angola, 1999-2007 FINAL REPORT 12 March 2008 Evaluator Christian Larssen Evaluation of NRC Distribution Programme – Angola Page 1 of 53 Content Executive Summary 3 Map of Angola 5 1. Project Description and Summary of Activities 6 2. Evaluation of project impact, effectiveness and efficiency 20 3. Evaluation of project sustainability 27 4. Conclusions, Lessons Learned and Recommendations 31 5. Evaluation purpose, scope and methodology 35 Annexes: A. Distribution Tables, NRC-Angola 2002-2007 B. Evaluation team and Programme C. Terms of Reference D. List of meetings/people contacted E. List of documents used F. Glossary and Abbreviations G. UN OCHA Access Map for Angola 2002 and 2003 The observations, conclusions and recommendations contained in this report are the exclusive responsibility of the evaluator/consultant, meaning that they do not necessarily reflect the views of the Norwegian Refugee Council or its staff Evaluation of NRC Distribution Programme – Angola Page 2 of 53 Executive Summary 1. Project Description and Summary of Project Activities Towards the end of the 1990’s, when the people had to flee their villages for Matala, through the emergency phase in the reception centres, NRC in collaboration with WFP and FAO provided necessary food-aid and essential distribution of non-food items. The IDPs also received support for subsistence farming and reconstruction of schools and health-post, providing education and basic health care in the centres. To reduce the toll on the forests surrounding Matala, NRC in co-operation with MINADER also initiated a small-scale reforestation project. As the IDPs started returning to their original villages, either spontaneously in 2002 or organized in 2002/20031, NRC was able to refocus its Distribution Project in support of the returnees. From late 2002 and onwards, NRC provided returnees with essential non-food items, agriculture tools, seeds, livestock and supplementary food assisting the returnees back to normal life as soon as possible. NRC continued its school and health post reconstruction/rehabilitation, as well as the Reforestation project, parallel to the Distribution Project in the original villages of the returnees until the end of the project. NRC also provided health education and civic training for the returnees through partnerships with local NGOs, and the NRC Human Rights project supported the Distribution Project addressing specific problems, such as discrimination of IDPs and dissatisfaction among the resident populations in the reception areas. 2. Project Set-up The NRC project organisation, although not different from the structure in similar projects, have been very professional, implementing the project in an efficient manner, implementing project activities with a large degree of delegated responsibility from the NRC Country Office in Luanda. The NRC project team secured a flexible approach to the needs of the selected beneficiaries through the various phases of the project, and their good knowledge of local conditions and agriculture techniques had significant impact on the project results. NRC co-ordinated activities within the humanitarian community, led by the UN Organisation for Co-ordination of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA) and the World Food Programme (WFP). The “width and depth”, combining a number of activities under the common heading of the project, and the wide coverage in the project area, made NRC a privileged partner to the main national partners, Ministry for Social Assistance and Reintegration (MINARS) and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MINADER). The feed-back from Angolan authorities and partners on NRCs performance is unanimously positive. The Project has been relevant, and met its Overall Objectives. 1 The Angolan Government decided that the emergency was over and decreed the start of the national reconstruction phase, deciding that villagers should return home. Evaluation of NRC Distribution Programme – Angola Page 3 of 53 3. Sustainability of Project On Project level, based on observations, feed-back and testimony from partners and beneficiaries in the Huila province, NRC achieved its overall objective to facilitate return, repatriation and resettlement of refugees and IDPs, and made a difference to those persons who was displaced during the conflict and later returned to their traditional villages. There may be some “lost opportunities” discussed on page 28-29 of this report, both for NRC and provincial authorities related to the sustainability of the NRC project activities and the EU/EC Food Security project, which focuses on capacity building of the Provincial Delegation for Agriculture and Rural Development (MINADER). 4. Lessons learned and recommendations Some Lessons Learned and Recommendations are presented in this chapter on page 30. 5. Evaluation: The NRC Distribution Project was evaluated in November and December 2007 (Annex B and C), through the study of documents, meetings and interviews with partners and donors (Annex D) in Luanda and Lubango, Province of Huila. A field trip was organised to the Municipalities of Matala, Chicomba and Jamba and the IDP Distribution Centres of Chipopia and Façenda Tomba as well as the resettled villages of Matome and Vihopio, all in the Province of Huila, for assessment and interviews of beneficiaries and local partners/stakeholders. At the time of the field visit, all project activities have ceased and the decommissioning of the project is nearly completed. Unfortunately, no visit to Kuando Kubango was possible during the period of this evaluation. Evaluation of NRC Distribution Programme – Angola Page 4 of 53 Map of Angola Evaluation of NRC Distribution Programme – Angola Page 5 of 53 1. Project Description and Summary of Project Activities NRC Terms of Reference: Summarize the activities implemented: what, where, when, to how many and to whom. Introduction In 1995, NRC first established a project in the northern province of Zaire to assist refugees returning from DRC, with support from a Country Office based in the Angolan capitol Luanda. Fighting between UNITA and Government forces increased during 1998, forcing NRC to withdraw from Makela do Zombo, to relocate to M’Banza Congo, the provincial capital of Bie Province. In January 1999, M’Banza Congo is captured by UNITA forces, and NRC have to suspend its operation, evacuating the “Northern Project” area altogether, to return only 2 months later in 1999 when the Government forces again took control of the provincial capital. During 1999, fighting in Central and Southern Angola made a large number of people to seek refuge in and around the small southern town of Matala, Huila Province, a highly strategic location due to its hydroelectric plant and protected by Government forces (and Cubans in earlier days). As NRC simultaneously was evacuating the project in the Northern provinces it was decided by NRC to initiate project activities in the south. Matala being one of the “hot-spots” as war broke out again in 1998/1999 it is plausible and probable that NRCs presence resulted from a request from the Provincial Government in the Huila Province, and the overall co-ordination of the humanitarian assistance in the country by OCHA and WFP. An international organisation operating in the Province of Huila in co-operation with the World Food Programme (WFP), CARE International, was running out of funds assisting Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the Matala Municipality, and was thus unable to fulfil its commitment to distribute food support to the IDPs. It is probable that the Provincial Government of Huila requested the humanitarian assistance from NRC, with the result that NRC replaced CARE International in these areas of the Province. Southern Project Chronology 1999 In March 1999 NRC initiated a combined distribution project in co-operation with World Food Programme (WFP), Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Local Government and other Partners. Under NRCs project, the partners collaborated in distributing food, Non Food Items (NFIs) including agricultural equipment, tools and seeds, livestock and plants for reforestation. The project commenced in March 1999 in the Matala Municipality in the centre region of Huila Province where NRC supported 35 000 beneficiaries (IDPs) living in camp conditions. Towards the end of 1999, the number of IDPs in Matala nearly doubled, and in January 2000, NRC provided food aid to 65 000 beneficiaries. Evaluation of NRC Distribution Programme – Angola Page 6 of 53 2000 In 2000, the project expanded rapidly, both in terms of outreach and in terms of more comprehensive distribution project activities. NRC was requested by the Provincial Governments of Cunene (south of Huila towards the border with Namibia) and Namibe (west of Huila towards the coast) to assist IDPs in these provinces. In addition to food aid, NRC started distributing Non Food Items (NFIs), shelter, seeds and basic agriculture tools. Health and school programmes were initiated in the distribution centres close to Matala, and NRC constructed schools and health posts with inputs from the WFP Food For Work as incentive for the labour force recruited among the IDPs. 2001 NRC continued its rapid expansion eastwards in 2001 in support of IDPs in Menongue, the provincial capital of Kuando Kubango situated to the immediate east of Huila, where NRC opened a branch office of the Southern Distribution Project. In 2001, NRC programmed for a continued emergency, supporting IDPs from distribution centres in and around Menongue and Matala through 2002, which was negotiated and agreed with the donors. Although IDPs still arrived in the NRC project areas in Huila and Kuando Kubango, the developments in the armed conflict in the country meant that by the end of 2001, the armed conflict was all but over except for the continuous hunt for the UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi.
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